Date Aired: Sunday 01 Apr 2007
Dr. William Rowe returned to The Space Show today to discuss new information regarding the toxicity of lunar dust. Dr. Rowe recently had his paper on the subject published in the peer reviewed British Interplanetary Journal. The paper is available on Dr. Rowe's website, www.femsinspace.com/moondust.htm. I urge all of you to read the paper as you listen to the show or before this program as it will add to the understanding of what Dr. Rowe is referencing and talking about. As he takes us through...
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Date Aired: Tuesday 27 Mar 2007
Dr. Gregory Berns was our guest for this Space Show program. Please note that this program was subject to excessive telephone line noise that could not be cleared up so the audio is not up to usual Space Show standards. We do apologize for this inconvenience. We began the interview with Dr. Berns explaining his scientific research to us regarding what motivates people, then extrapolating what he has discovered and applying it to the space industry, especially the entrepreneurial space community...
Date Aired: Sunday 25 Mar 2007
Dr. J. J. Hurtak was the guest for this Space Show program. Dr. Hurtak spoke with Space Show listeners about the importance of establishing ethical and other appropriate legal regimes to protect the space environment, further space development, and to protect the interest of all peoples on Earth regarding space. In this discussion, many sub topics were brought up such as commercial development and enhancing the New Space and entrepreneurial development, working to develop closed life support...
Date Aired: Friday 23 Mar 2007
Dr. Jim Wertz was the returning guest on The Space Show to discuss the upcoming Responsive Space conference from April 23-26, 2007 in Los Angeles, CA. We started the program with Dr. Wertz providing us with a definition of responsive space. We then talked about possible dual use capability for a path from responsive military space to commercial use. We also talked about US launch infrastructure and regulations being a barrier to rapid launches, especially when compared with Russia and other...
Date Aired: Tuesday 20 Mar 2007
Dr. James Woodward was our guest for this Space Show program. Our discussion began with Dr. Woodward providing us with a basic definition for the Mach-Effect and Mach-Lorenz Thrusters. From here we went into a discussion of worm holes and some of the work of Dr. Kip Thorne and others. As Dr. Woodward is also a scientific historian, we were treated to the history of development of many of these related theories. As the program progressed and as listener questions came in, we came to understand...
Date Aired: Tuesday 20 Mar 2007
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson was the guest for this special edition Space Show program. Dr. Tyson began the program with a short discussion about the high cost of space access and how that might impact his arena with space-based telescopes. Listen to his reply, you might be surprised by what he has to say. We then jumped to the first chapter of his new book, "Death By Black Hole." This first chapter, Coming To Our Senses, talks about the reality of science and more. It seemed an appropriate way to...
Date Aired: Sunday 18 Mar 2007
Meghann Ribbens was the guest for this Space Show program. As Meghann is a PhD student at USC, we focused our discussion on what space is like for her generation and others in school, including high school. As we found out, its not a burning passion, a hot career subject or even a major point of interest for most her age. However, as she is in a molecular biology program, Meghann did stress the excitement and importance that people have around the search for and discovery of biological life on...
Date Aired: Friday 16 Mar 2007
Philippe Van Nedervelde was our guest today to discuss the Lifeboat Foundation with Space Show listeners. As you listen to this program, you might want to access the Lifeboat Foundation website at www.lifeboat.com. Philippe began the discussion with an introduction to the Lifeboat Foundation, what it is, its mission, how it views and wants to use space, and how it is planning for the future that is likely going to unfold in real time in the coming years, even if we don't want what he is talking...
Date Aired: Thursday 15 Mar 2007
Dr. Jeff Bell returned for this special Space Show program to discuss his March 7, 2007 Spacedaily.com article. "Rocket Plane Roulette." This article has caused quite a storm in certain New Space and blog circles. Dr. Bell has been criticized for his argument on the basis of his research methodology to his actual argument about possible safety and liability issues with companies making suborbital spaceplanes for tourists. If you have not yet done so, you can read his article at www.spacedaily....
Date Aired: Tuesday 13 Mar 2007
Declan O'Donnell was the special guest for the Monday night, March 12 and replay program on Tuesday, March 13th. We started the discussion with an overview look on the legal case of space friend and benefactor, Walt Anderson. During the first segment of the show, we discussed Walt's situation in general, how the IRS and the government prosecutes such cases, some of the laws involved, and various scenarios that might apply to Walt. Obviously, we could not speak with specifics about his case but...
Date Aired: Sunday 11 Mar 2007
Mark Hopkins was the guest for this Space Show program. Mark began the interview with some National Space Society background but then we jumped right into a discussion about space settlement. This space settlement discussion was the primary topic and focus for this program. Mark Hopkins is very well prepared to discuss the importance of space settlement so don't miss this program as its full of new information and different perspectives. We also discussed the potential for killer aps to be...
Date Aired: Friday 09 Mar 2007
Darel Preble was the guest on this program to discuss the Space Solar Power Workshop, Institute and Power Institute (SSPI). Visit www.sspi.gatech.edu to follow the discussion. We began the interview with Darel explaining to us what the SSPI is, some facts about the potential use of space solar power, and how it might be developed. He also explained the Sunset Corporation idea which is modeled after the successful Comsat Corporation which helped develop the telecommunications industry. If you...
Date Aired: Tuesday 06 Mar 2007
Henry Vanderbilt returned to The Space Show to discuss the upcoming Space Access Society Conference in Phoenix, Arizona from March 22-24, 2007. Henry and I discussed the conference and the various topics that will be presented. As a result of listener questions and our discussion, Henry explained the uniqueness of this conference, its programming features and the type of people attending for networking, deal making and for getting up to date information about the entrepreneurial industry. Henry...
Date Aired: Sunday 04 Mar 2007
Jim Benson, founder of Benson Space Company, return for this Space Show program. Jim started our discussion by introducing us to Benson Space Company and the Dreamchaser which is modeled after the HL-20 spaceplane that Nasa Langley was designing and building. Jim took us through the history of the HL-20, its earlier Soviet Union counterparts and tests and much more. Benson Space actually has all design information from the HL-20, including the full size mock up of the vehicle. Jim then...
Date Aired: Friday 02 Mar 2007
Ed Buckbee, Konrad Dannenberg and Sonny Morea were the special guests for this program. What can one say about this program with such an amazing guest list? Well, I can tell you again and again what these men created with the Saturn program, the Saturn V, going to the Moon, the lunar rover, the inspiration they gave America for generations and generations which continues today. Yes, I can tell you all of that and all of the subjects that we discussed regarding engines, engineering, rocket...
Date Aired: Wednesday 28 Feb 2007
Dallas Bienhoff was the special guest for this Space Show program. Our discussion with Dallas focused on building an on orbit propellant depot to enhance and facilitate the VSE program with NASA and to also serve the developing private sector space community. Dallas took us through all phases of building a propellant depot and we discussed the four most significant hurdles: the cost of space access, zero g fuel transfer, long term cryogenic storage, and the autonomous rendezvous and docking...
Date Aired: Tuesday 27 Feb 2007
Stephen Metschan, the Founder/President of TeamVision Corporation was the guest for this Space Show program. Stephen and his TeamVision associates have created a detailed alternative plan to return to the Moon, including hardware, launchers, etc. This plan was presented at the AIAA Space 2006 meeting in San Jose in September 2006 and is being refined for additional AIAA presentations. You can download and read the proposal, "An Alternate Approach towards Achieving the New Vision for Space...
Date Aired: Monday 26 Feb 2007
Dr. Lee Valentine returned for this special Monday evening Space Show program. We began our discussion by inquiring about the upcoming Planetary Defense Conference scheduled for March 5-8, 2007 in Washington, DC. Visit www.aero.org/conferences/planetarydefense to learn more about this conference. To read some of the papers being presented at the conference, visit www.aero.org/conferences/planetarydefense/resources.html. After talking about the basics, Dr. Valentine explained the need to have a...
Date Aired: Monday 26 Feb 2007
This Deep Space Message was submitted by Ms. Meghann Ribbens, doctoral stuent at USC: To the Denizens of the Universe: My name is Meghann Ribbens, and I am a human of Earth. Let me describe for you what it is to be human: Our evolution has progressed with blinding alacrity, and is even now accelerating. It was only a few million revolutions around our star (a mere blink in the history of life on this planet) that a species arose vaguely resembling the remarkable creatures now communicating with...
Date Aired: Sunday 25 Feb 2007
Ky Michaelson was the guest for this special Space Show program. We began the discussion with Ky by asking him how he got involved and interested in rockets and then to the point, how he was able to launch the amateur rocket to space which his Civilian Space eXploration TEAM (CSXT) did in 2004. As you will hear from the discussion, fighting the government and regulatory environment proved every bit as challenging as building and flying the rocket but as Ky said, he paved the way for others and...
Date Aired: Friday 23 Feb 2007
Professor William Burrows was the guest for this special remote location Space Show program. Please note that you will hear background noise on this archived program which was a result of electrical interference traced to hotel electrical wiring. Professor Burrows began the interview with an introduction to the survival imperative which is the title of his book, "The Survival Imperative: Using Space To Protect Earth." From this point forward, a most interesting, informative, and clearly eye-...
Date Aired: Tuesday 20 Feb 2007
Phil Richter was the guest for this Space Show program. Phil is the conference coordinator for the Space Exploration 2007 Conference and Second Space Elevator Conference, both of which are in Albuquerque, NM March 25-28, 2007. This program was dedicated to discussing this conference, explaining why it is a unique space conference and what it has to offer for people attending. Carla, a listener and one who is presenting at the conference, called to talk about her presentation which focuses what...
Date Aired: Sunday 18 Feb 2007
Jeff Krukin returned for this Space Show program and to turn the tables on me by interviewing me for The Space Show. He did a superb job as a guest host of The Space Show and I hope all of you enjoy this change of pace program. I commend Jeff for his great idea and enthusiasm to do this type of program. I know you the listeners will find it interesting, informative and entertaining. During the first segment of the show, Jeff brought us up to date with the Space Frontier Foundation and the...
Date Aired: Friday 16 Feb 2007
Rand Simberg returned for this Friday morning Space Show program. We began our discussion looking at some of the political issues surrounding space, NASE, the VSE, and private space development. We talked about the new congress and space, NASA as a jobs program, difficulties with the VSE, rocketry, heavy lift, on orbit construction and lots more. We discussed returning to the moon, possibly going to an asteroid, NASA budget cuts and what they mean for the overall space program as well as for...
Date Aired: Thursday 15 Feb 2007
Rick Tumlinson returned for this special Space Show program. The first part of the interview was focused on visionary space leadership, the VSE, congress, how NASA does business, NASA leadership, and inspiration. Rick was at his best, you need to hear what he has to say and this discussion. As this two hour program developed, we altered the focus of the discussion to look into private commercial space development in general and then narrowed the focus to talk about his new business ventures....
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